Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-21
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATION.

tbs Recent GsEEressscn.i i5e Ereh!-
biting Legislation and indebtedness
In the Territories.
An act to prohibit the passage of
local or special laws in the territories of
the United States, to limit territorial
indebtedness, andfor other purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives Of the United States OF
America. in congress assembled. That
the Legislatures of the territories of the
United States now or hereafter to be
~organized, shall not pass local or special
laws in any Of the following enumerated
cases, that ia to say:
Granting divorces.
Changing the names OF persons or
places.
Laying out, opening, altering and
-osssIF s0Sas ca highways.
Vaeating roads, town plata. ssrssts. oil.
leys and public grounds.
Locating or changing county seats.
Regulating county and township at
fairs.
Regulating the practice in courts of
Justice.
Regulating tho Jurisdiction and duties
of justices Of the peace, police magis-
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Providing for changes of euue in
civil and criminal cases.
Incorporating cities, towns or villages,
or changing or amending the charter oil
any town, CITY or village.
For the punishment of crimes or mis-.
demeanors.
For the assessment or collection OF
taxes for territorial, county township OIL
road purposes.
~Sunmoning and ompanellng grand
and petit Jurors.
Providing for the management OF com
mon schools.
Regulating the rate of interest on
money,
The opening and conducting, OF any
election, or designating the place of vot.
inR.
The sale or mortgage OF real eatate
belonging to minors or others under
disability.
The protection Of game or fish.
Chartering or licensing ferries Or toll
bridges.
Renting fines. penalties, or: forfeit.
ures.
Creating, Increasing, or Decreasing
fees, percentage, or allowances Of public
officers during the term OF which said
oficers are elected or appointed.
Changing the law of descent.
Granting to any corporation, assocla'
ton, or individual the right to lay down
railroad tracks, or amending existing
lcharters for such purpose.
Granting to any corporation, ~aaBocia-
ton, or individual any special or exclu.
sive privilege. immunity, or frsnhise
whatever.
In all other cases where o general law
can be made applicable; no special Law
shall bs enacted in any Of the territories
of the United States by the territorial
Legislatures thereof.
SEC. 2, That nc territory of the United
Statea now or hereafter to be organized,
or d political or municipal corporation
or subdivision Of any territory, shall
hereafter make any subscription to the
capital stock Of any incorporated
company or association having
corporate powers, or in any name loan
its credit to or use it for the benefit OF
any snch company or association. or
borrow any money for the nse Of any
such company or association.
SEC. s. That no law Of any territorial
legislature shall authorize any debt ia be
contracted by or on behalf of such terri
tory, except In the following cases: To
meet q casual deficit in the revenues, to
pay the interest upon the territorial debt,
to suppress instructions. or to provide
for che public defense, except that in ad.
ldition to any indebtednesH created for
such purposes. the Legislature may auth
1rize o loan for the erection of penal,
charitable or educational institutions
for such territory, if the total indebted
ness of the territory is not thereby made
to exceed1 per nentum upon the assess.
ed v~aluessf the taxable property Of such
territory, as shown by the last general
assessment for taxation. And nothing
In this asst shall be construed to prohibit
! tke retunding of any existing indebted